New report by Oakland Institute exposes the role of the World Bank’s private sector branch, International Finance Corporation, in fueling land grabs.
- Oakland Institute
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26 April 2010
We, the peasants and small farmers of the world, do not need agribusiness and international investment schemes to eat.
Chinese investors to open 1,000 hectares of rice fields in Tommo subdistrict, Mamuju regency, West Sulawesi province, Indonesia
UNCTAD's Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission met and discussed the current land grabbing trend on 26 April 2010.
Quieren reglamentar reparto de tierras de los países ricos en las naciones pobres.
"Here’s what I’m sure of: these deals will make the rich richer and the poor poorer, creating clear winners who benefit while the losers are denied their livelihoods."
- Oakland Institute
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26 April 2010
Setzen Sie gemeinsam mit INKOTA ein Zeichen gegen den Ausverkauf von Land.
The Agricultural Stance Coalition has rejected the government’s plan to establish a food estate in Merauke, Papua. According to them, the plan sounds reckless and letting the people of Indonesia become slaves in their own country.
The UAE will set up a strategic food stock as part of a food security strategy that includes aquiring farmland in African and Asian countries
We need to hear the results of research and case studies done by FAO, UNCTAD, IFAD and the World Bank, so we can respond as governments and organizations based on solid information and not hearsay.
- US State Dept
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25 April 2010
Contract covers the lease of 25,000 ha in the Regional State of Gambela for a period of 25 years, with option for renewal.
Más de cien organizaciones de todo el mundo exigen frenar la ola de acaparamiento de tierras de inversionistas oficiales y privados que se están apoderando de millones de hectáreas de cultivos de comunidades rurales de África, Asia y América Latina.